It’s no accident that this café-deli maintains dedicated patrons despite the wealth of choice nearby and, by serving sandwiches, soup and tarts for nearly ten years, it makes most others look like newcomers. Despite the name, the Italian influence is (purposefully) only obvious in the deli, while in terms of the menu, the emphasis is on quality. Soup and a sandwich, the price of which hasn’t changed in ten years, will warm on the wettest day. More substantial is the choice of homemade tarts served with new potatoes and a lively salad. Canteen-style seating at long tables – a response to its popularity – might elsewhere inhibit cosy conversation, but not here. The choice of indulgent cakes, like banana, date and walnut, will delight those with a sweet tooth, as should the cappuccinos, which come with slivers of dark chocolate that melt into heavenly gooeyness at the bottom of the cup.

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A look at the descendants of original Italian immigrants filling the city with great Italian food

Sweet-toothed Scots appreciated the Italians as soon as they arrived here. In the 1930s the great-grandmother of Giovanna Eusebi, who runs Eusebi Deli in Shettleston, found a way straight to Scots’ hearts. ‘She sold ice-cream in the cinemas. She was a…